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Friday, April 20, 2012

Strawberry Protein Pancake Roll-Ups with Yogurt Filling

I have never been a big sweets eater but on rare occasion I wake up in the morning and I just need a fix. A couple Sundays ago I awoke with such a craving and I hurriedly rushed to my Pinterest "Skinny" food board in desperate need of finding something healthy and sweet.

Yogurt Filling:
1/2 cup low fat Greek yogurt (or you could use low fat cottage cheese, purred in a blender until smooth)
2 tbs strawberry jam, (or you could dice or crush some strawberries really fine and mix into the yogurt)

Directions

Put all of the ingredients for the pancakes in a blender and blend until smooth!

Meanwhile, heat a nonstick griddle (or large nonstick skillet) coated with cooking spray over medium heat. Spoon 1/2 of the batter (if making 2 large pancakes) OR 1/4 of the batter (if making 4 smaller pancakes) onto pre-heated griddle. Turn pancakes over when tops are covered with bubbles and edges look cooked. Remove from griddle when both sides are cooked, and place pancakes on a serving plate.

To make the filling, simply mix Greek yogurt (or cottage cheese puree) with jam (or diced/crushed strawberries) and sweetener in a small bowl. Divide filling between pancakes, and roll pancakes up around filling. Place roll-ups on plate seam-side down so they stay rolled, or secure with a toothpick! Serve with strawberries, low sugar jam, or low sugar maple syrup if desired!